Rewatching the game with an eye on Tim Williams and tyus bowser. I’m now seeing the double teams on Tim, looks like coaches have been watching film, because these double teams are consistent, and when he’s not double teamed he is influencing the play fairly often. He frequently has the tackle on his heels and playing catch up as his speed rush is getting him the corner. Still would like to see him work inside more, but they did a good job not allowing the huge gaps like cinci did.
He is playing excellent, and that’s not an overstatement, in the run game, he is reading the run very quickly and doing well to react, he’s shedding well and choosing the right gap to play every time, he knows when he’s got an inside man and he takes contain, and he knows when he’s gotta crash inside. He’s disengaging very aggressively, and he’s making good tackles and really just playing with high intensity. He’s been shockingly good as a run defender and I see a 2012 McPhee-like surge from him coming late this year when Suggs and judon are burning out.
Bowser on the other hand is disappointing me, he doesn’t look nearly as explosive and athletic as he looked in college, and his hands are just not good, last year he showed good hands on a good few plays, he often showed good use of leverage and using those long arms to maintain space, but now he’s letting guys get in close, he’s just flailing instead of using his hands and length in any quality way, and he seems to just be trying to make a mess rather than make a play. I haven’t rewatched the full game and I’ll get around to it, but so far I’m not liking what I see from bowser and that’s highly disappointing